Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in the Nakdong River and their removal during water treatment

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-169

  Lee, Shun Hwa ^a   Lee, Chul Hee ^a   Kim, Yun Hee ^a   Do, Ju Hee ^a   Kim, Seung Hyun ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Occurrence; Removal; Tracer; Treatability

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRACER; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; KOREA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; HUMANS; KOREA; OOCYSTS; RIVERS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33947207542     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.051     Document Type: Article

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